"The Hurt Locker" wins big at the 82nd Academy Awards

The Iraq War drama "The Hurt Locker" has won best picture and five other prizes at the Academy Awards, in Los Angeles, USA.

"The Hurt Locker" won best picture and the coveted best director for Kathryn Bigelow as well as Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing.

Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood's top prize for filmmakers.

Bigelow beat her ex-husband James Cameron who directed the hugely successful and biggest box office earner - the sci-fi spectacle "Avatar."

Bigelow and Cameron were married from 1989 to 1991.

First-time winners took all four acting prizes: Sandra Bullock as best actress for "The Blind Side"; Jeff Bridges as best actor for "Crazy Heart"; Mo'Nique as supporting actress for "Precious"; and Christoph Waltz as supporting actor for "Inglourious Basterds."



Avatar which cost USD 300 million to make and collected a collosal USD 1.5 billion in revenue won 3 Academy awards for Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography and Best Visual Effects.

Full list of The 82nd Academy Award Winners Are :

Best Picture
The Hurt Locker
Other nominees :
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Disney/Pixar's Up
Up in the Air

Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
Other Nominees :
James Cameron - Avatar
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels - Precious
Jason Reitman - Up in the Air

Best Actor
Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
Other Nominees :
George Clooney - Up in the Air
Colin Firth - A Single Man
Morgan Freeman - Invictus
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker

Best Actress
Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
Other Nominees :
Helen Mirren - The Last Station
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious
Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia

Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
Other nominees :
Matt Damon - Invictus
Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Christopher Plummer - The Last Station
Stanley Tucci - The Lovely Bones

Best Supporting Actress
Mo'Nique - Precious
Other Nominees :
Penelope Cruz - Nine
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Crazy Heart
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air

Best Original Screenplay
The Hurt Locker
Other Nominees :
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Disney/Pixar's Up

Best Adapted Screenplay
Up in the Air
Other Nominees :
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious

Best Animated Feature
Disney/Pixar's
Other Nominees :
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kells

Best Foreign Language
The White Ribbon
Other Nominees :
Ajami
El Secreto De Sus Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
A Prophet (Un Prophete)


Best Documentary Feature
The Cove
Other Nominees :
Burma VJ
Food, Inc.
Which Way Home
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers

Best Animated
French Roast
Other Nominees :
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death

Best Documentary Short
Music by Prudence
Other Nominees :
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Rabbit a la Berlin

Best Art Direction
Nine
Other Nominees :
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

Best Cinematography
Avatar
Other Nominees :
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

Best Costume Design
Nine
Other Nominees :
Bright Star
Coco Before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
The Young Victoria

Best Film Editing
District 91
Other Nominees :
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious

Best Live Action Short
The New Tenants
Other Nominees :
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish

Best Original Score
Disney/Pixar's Up
Other Nominees :
Avatar
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes

Best Original Song
"The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart
Other Nominees :
"Almost There" - The Princess and the Frog
"Down in New Orleans" - The Princess and the Frog
"Loin de Paname" - Paris 36
"Take It All" - Nine

Best Makeup
Star Trek
Other Nominees :
Il Divo
The Young Victoria

Best Visual Effects
Avatar
Other Nominees :
District 9
Star Trek


Best Sound Editing
Disney/Pixar's Up
Other Nominees :
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek

Best Sound Mixing
Avatar
Other Nominees :
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen